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 Gib’eonite (4 syl., g hard).Gibral’tar (g soft). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Giblets (The Duke of).
 
A very fat man. In Yorkshire a fat man is still nicknamed “giblets.”   1
 


 Gib’eonite (4 syl., g hard).Gibral’tar (g soft). 

 
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